Title
On back: “Malang 31.5.36 / Mv. Oei Bei yong / Mvs. OeiKoin Tyiok / Mvs. Kwa Kim Hong / Oei An Hoaw / Kwee Swai You”
Year/Period
31 May 1936
Region
MALANG
Material
Dimension
Object size: 7.2 x 11.6 cm
Accession No.
2015-01810
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee
This photograph shows three peranakan adults and two children in front of a fence. This large group of photographs provides important visual documentation of the fashion, studio photography and lifestyle of Peranakans of the Straits Settlements and Indonesia in the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. The collection also allows study of different photographic techniques and covers a wide range of themes, including changing fashions (from baju panjang and baju kurong to kebaya and cheongsam), festive celebrations (weddings, funerals, ancestral rites, Chinese New Year), interiors, transportation and children.
